Critics’ Choice TV Awards give BERT!, other deserving TV people their due

The Critics’ Choice TV Awards—the wackier, more unpredictable cousin of the Television Critics Association Awards—released the nominees for its June 19 ceremony today, correcting wrongs perpetrated by the TCA and the American Broadcasting Company by giving a Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series nod to the year’s most electrifying comedic performance. Albert Tsai, known across the land for portraying BERT! on the prematurely canceled Trophy Wife, was rightfully acknowledged with the first of what’s sure to be a long line of accolades for his revelatory portrayal of an adopted elementary schooler who randomly spouts Yiddish phrases. Elevating Tsai to the level of peers such as Andre Braugher and the late Christopher Evan Welch, this Critics’ Choice TV Award nomination is recognition of a bold new voice in TV comedy, one that dared to coat corn on the cob in ketchup and declare with utter conviction “Drinking soda’s so much fun. I feel like my teeth are shrinking.”

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